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Andela

Remote engineering talent network

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1001+ employees
  • B2B
  • Enterprise
  • Marketplace
  • Recruitment
  • Training
Diamond District, New York, NY

Company mission

Brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity isn't. Andela exists to unlock human potential at scale.

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

-3% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Andela sources and trains tech talent on a fully remote basis, before pairing them with companies to help them build remote engineering teams. The company’s journey has been extremely interesting - initially founded in Nigeria as an African talent accelerator, it’s since pivoted to a global tech network and marketplace, achieving unicorn status in the process.

Andela’s shifting model is a pretty astute one, as the global movement towards remote work, as well as the wider use of freelance platforms such as UpWork and Fiverr, shows growth in the marketplace. However, the fact that Andela takes great care in matching engineers with companies in a more bespoke way, even at scale, gives them an edge.

The company began global expansion in 2021 and now operates in over 80 countries. The aim is to keep this momentum going by expanding its engineering network into the hundreds of thousands, as well as increasing its own full-time (albeit remote) employee headcount, with a particular focus on business growth, product development, and M&A.

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Benefits

  • Quarterly Home Office Stipend
  • Flexible working hours
  • Laptop allowance
  • Parental Leave
  • Wellness Wednesdays
  • Bonus.ly Rewards Program
  • Remote work set-up allowance
  • Utility allowance (in specific geos)
  • Generous Paid Time Off Allowances
  • Sick Leave
  • Compassionate Leave
  • Calm Subscription

Company values

  • Excellence
  • Passion
  • Integrity
  • Collaboration

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Sep 2021

$200m

SERIES E

Jan 2019

$100m

SERIES D

Total funding: $386.8m

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Leadership

The remaining one of six founding members of Andela - co-founded and spent 14 years at 2U (parent company of EdX), which partners with educational institutions to expand access to quality online education.

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